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At 23 I had all the bad habits. I ate horribly. I could eat McDonald’s four meals a day, drink until I passed out, and then start again the next day. I had bad relationships. And I was bad to my family, my professors, my girlfriends, and sometimes my friends. I had horrible acne, cysts […]

I met a woman at a party. She was drinking red wine and just as she was taking another sip I told her a joke. She laughed so hard she spit all over me. She was horrified. She shouted, “Oh my god!” I had red wine all over my white button down shirt. I tried […]

My back hurts. When I wake up, it doesn’t hurt. I’ve been lying flat on it. I think to myself, “it won’t hurt today.” Then I lean up and try to get out of bed and I feel a sharp pain. It’s going to hurt. And it’s going to hurt all day. I have to […]

I grew up in my own prison. The bars were all the beliefs handed to me by society, my parents, my friends, my teachers, my bosses, my loved ones. I’m not free of the prison. I suspect it’s impossible. But being aware of the ways in which we are imprisoned, the ways in which free […]

One time so many people were angry at me I posted my phone number on Twitter at 1 in the morning on a Saturday and said, “If someone really has a problem with me, call me!” I was so upset. How stupid to be so upset at 1 in the morning on a Saturday. From […]

A movie has to change my life for the better in order for me to love it. Some of these movies I first saw as a kid and my life and my greatest ambitions and successes and projects have been motivated by what I learned in these movies. Sometimes not the obvious scenes. Sometimes the […]

“If you don’t change, within 11 months you’re either going to be dead or in jail. Probably in jail.” A friend of mine told me this. Actually, I can think of three times, three different friends told me the exact same thing. One time I was in a bad relationship. I came close to death […]